Concerts

2012

Our first concert will be at Denbies Vineyard, Dorking from 2pm to 4pm on Sunday, 27th May.

2011

In 2011 we started our playing season by providing music for the Marsden March, a fundraising event in aid of the Royal Marsden Hospital.

Our first bandstand concert was in June in the grounds of Guildford Castle. Unfortunately the weather was not good and consequently the audience was small - many of them relatives and friends of band members.  

This was followed at the end of July with a concert at Clapham Common bandstand. The weather was better this time and the concert went down well.

Our next concert was at Godalming bandstand, a first for the band. The date was Sunday, 21st August. The setting by the River Wey is beautiful and we got a large audience. We hope to play there again next year. Parking nearby is easy so why not come along to hear us in action?

 

Godalming

The following weekend (bank holiday weekend) we played at Canbury Gardens bandstand in KIngston upon Thames. This is also beside a river, the Thames in fact but despite the pleasant location the audience was small due to the miserable weather.

In December we gave a concert of band pieces interspersed with carols at Kingswood Village Club (our rehearsal venue). 

2010

In 2010 we played in College Gardens, Westminster Abbey to an appreciative audience in good weather. Unfortunately, the sound system was not set up and Andrew, our conductor, had to leave the stand to talk to the audience - the snag being that the band could not hear what Andrew was saying.

Later in the year we played in Canbury Gardens, Kingston upon Thames, to a small but appreciative audience in atrocious weather! We had to abandon playing for a short period but we did play through to the bitter end.

In December we gave a Carol Concert at Kingswood Village Club which is where we rehearse. Again this was rather spoiled by the weather (snow) which accounted for the small audience. This was a first for the club (and us) but we will be giving more concerts there I am sure.

 Carol Concert at Kingswood Village Club, Christmas 2010.

On a lighter note, we went for a Christmas meal in the Grumpy Mole Restaurant in Tadworth on 12th December and had a thoroughly enjoyable time. Jasminder, one of the flautists, arranged it all and she even provided us with a musical quiz to flex our minds. She also arranged a visit in March 2011 to see the musical "Chess" in Woking. So we don't just do music; we have a social life as well.